Leviticus 11:33

Leviticus 11:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
• New International Version (NIV)If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if any of them falls into any earthenware vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean:

Context of Leviticus 11:33

31These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even. 32And on whatever any of them when they are dead doth fall, it shall be unclean; all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith work is done — it shall be put into water, and be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean. And every earthen vessel into which [any] of them falleth — whatever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. 34All food that is eaten on which [such] water hath come shall be unclean; and all drink that is drunk shall be unclean, in every [such] vessel. 35And everything where upon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; oven and hearth shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

Leviticus 11:33 word by word

וְכָל־כְּלִי־חֶ֔רֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר־יִפֹּ֥ל מֵהֶ֖ם אֶל־תּוֹכ֑וֹ כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֧ר בְּתוֹכ֛וֹ יִטְמָ֖א וְאֹת֥וֹ תִשְׁבֹּֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear

• vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:33

• Leviticus 11:35And everything where upon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; oven and hearth shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
• Leviticus 14:45And they shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house, and shall carry them forth out of the city to an unclean place.
• Jeremiah 48:38It is wholly lamentation upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the public places thereof; for I have broken Moab, like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith Jehovah.
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
• Philippians 3:21who shall transform our body of humiliation into conformity to his body of glory, according to the working of [the] power which he has even to subdue all things to himself.

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33And every earthen vessel - Such pitchers as are commonly used for drinking out of, and for holding liquids. M. De la Roque observes that hair-sacks, trunks, and baskets, covered with skin, are used among the travelling Arabs to carry their household utensils in, which are kettles or pots, great wooden bowls, hand-mills, and pitchers. It is very likely that these are nearly the same with those used by the Israelites in their journeyings in the wilderness…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Earthen vessel - See the marginal references.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-40Dead animals could make objects and people ceremonially unclean. Even a ceremonially clean animal that died without its blood drained was unclean (Leviticus 11:39–40). If a person touched the body of a dead animal, they were unclean until evening. Household items that touched the body of a dead animal needed purification or the people had to destroy the items (11:25, 28, 32, 40; 11:33, 35).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3531-35. whosoever doth touch them, when ... dead, shall be unclean until the even--These regulations must have often caused annoyance by suddenly requiring the exclusion of people from society, as well as the ordinances of religion. Nevertheless they were extremely useful and salutary, especially as enforcing attention to cleanliness. This is a matter of essential importance in the East, where venomous reptiles often creep into houses and are found lurking…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:33

• Creeping Things
• Defilement
• Food
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Animal
• Clean
• Food
• Paw
• Unclean
• Atonement, Day of
• Earthen Vessels
• Ezekiel
• Genesis

Commentaries on Leviticus 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings